Water heater



H. C. PRICE WATER HEATER May 27, 1941.

'Filed Sept. 11, 1939 j (Zi /v 06 Attorneys Patented May 27, 1 941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WATER HEATER Henry C. Price, Elizabeth City, N. 0.

Application September 11, 1939, Serial No. 294,362

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to water heaters embodying a vessel having a pair of electrical terminals positioned in the bottom thereof for immersion in the liquid contained within the vessel whereby to form a conductor for the current passing through said terminals to heat the water.

An object of the present invention is to provide a device of this character designed particularly for use in heating a small quantity of water for shaving and which embodies simplicity of construction, which is efficient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view, and

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates an open receptacle, preferably of insulation material and having a recess 6 in the surface of its bottom portion 1. Positioned in the recess is a pair of electrical conductors indicated at 8 and 9, both of said conductors being of annular form, the conductor 8 being of relatively smaller diameter and including a ring portion l0 positioned upright in the tending lug l2 while the bottom edge of the conductor 9 is likewise formed with a horizontally extending lug l3.

Each of the lugs l2 and I3 are formed with openings for receiving electric terminals l4 and I5, respectively, said terminals extending through the bottom I of the receptacle, and are suitably secured in position by means of nuts IE or the like. The lower ends of the terminals [4 and I5 have electric wires l1 and I8, respectively, connected thereto, which extend through an opening [9 formed in one of the side walls 20 of a supporting base 2|, said base supporting the receptacle in an elevated position and includes an inturned flange 22 secured to the bottom of the receptacle by screws or the like 23.

The receptacle 5 may be constructed of octagonal shape as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing, or constructed of any other desired shape.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that when liquid, as indicated at 24, is placed within the vessel, the same will act as a conductor between the conductors 8 and 9, the electric current passing through said conductors serving to heat the water or other liquid.

It is believed the details of construction and manner of use of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

An electric heater comprising a receptacle of insulation material having a well formed in the surface of its bottom portion, a pair of electric conductors positioned in said well, each of said conductors embodying inner and outer concentrically arranged spaced rings, the outer ring being spaced from the wall of the well, one of said conductors also embodying a horizontal flange overlying and spaced from the other conductor, said flange having its surface in the horizontal plane of the surface of the bottom of the receptacle, lugs on said conductors and electric terminals extending through the bottom of the receptacle and attached to said lugs.

HENRY C. PRICE. 

